The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will now be sold without their blood oxygen feature. Apple says the move will allow it to sell its high-end watches while staying in compliance amid an ongoing patent dispute with health tech company Masimo.
Apple said Wednesday that Series 9 and Ultra 2 models that don’t contain the feature will be available on both its website and in US retail stores on Thursday. Customers who buy these versions will still see references to a blood oxygen feature when using the watch, but when they tap it they’ll see a message that the feature is no longer available.
Read more: Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 Ban: What You Need to Know
Apple Watch owners who already have a model with a blood oxygen feature are not affected, and internationally Apple is still able to sell watches with the feature.
Apple’s announcement comes after a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the company can’t continue to sell watches with a blood oxygen sensor while the feature remains under a patent dispute with health tech company Masimo. In January 2023, a US judge ruled that Apple’s blood oxygen sensing system infringes on Masimo’s patents, leading the US International Trade Commission to issue an order in October that prohibits importing the watch.
“Apple’s appeal is ongoing, and we believe the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit should reverse the USITC’s decision. We strongly disagree with the USITC decision and resulting orders,” Apple said in a statement issued late Wednesday.
The changes to the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 have no effect on the Apple Watch SE, which doesn’t include a blood oxygen feature.
Whether you want to take the show on the road or just want to be able to watch TV series and movies on a big screen at home, a portable projector is a great way to do it. They can go anywhere, are small enough to fit in a bag, and aren’t permanent installations in your home. And now you can get one of your own at a price that has never been seen before.
The Anker Nebula Capsule Max would normally set you back around $470 but Amazon will ship you one today for the low price of just $350. It’s a price that doesn’t require any messing around with codes or coupons, thankfully, but there is currently no indication of when the deal will end. That means that buying now is the best route to go down if you want to be sure of getting this discounted price.
The Nebula Capsule Max is small yet has all of the features that you’d expect, starting with the ability to create an image of up to 100 inches big. It has a built-in speaker so you don’t need to take your own if you’re traveling, and it’ll run for up to four hours per charge as well. That’s more than enough for even the longest of movies and plenty of time for marathon gaming sessions.
This portable projector provides a native 720p HD image and you can download all of your favorite video streaming apps via the Nebula Manager Store, too. You can control the whole thing from your phone and there is support for HDMI and USB connectivity not to mention AirPlay, Bluetooth, and Mirracast.
Not sure that you quite need a projector? Our list of the best TV deals is a good place to start before placing your order, too.
As launch day for Apple’s Vision Pro approaches on Feb. 2, the company shared which video streaming apps will be accessible on day one. Netflix is noticeably missing from the list, and according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, the streaming giant purportedly didn’t create a native app for the VR headset, nor will it support its iPad version.
Rather, Netflix is urging Vision Pro users to stream its content on a web browser such as Safari. Though it’s one of the few major streaming platforms that won’t have a presence in the app store, Apple is touting the inclusion of Disney Plus, Max, Tubi, ESPN, NBA, MLB, Paramount Plus, Peacock, Pluto TV, Fubo, Crunchyroll, IMAX, TikTok and others. Disney Plus offers an immersive viewing experience using visionOS that allows you to watch select movies in 3D and stream shows and films in hyper-realistic environments. Choices include Marvel’s Avengers Tower or taking in a Tatooine sunset from Luke Skywalker’s ship that CNET’s Scott Stein described as “a Disney-ified Star Wars drive-in experience.”
Pre-orders for the Vision Pro headset kick off on Jan. 19 with a starting price of $3,500. Equipped with Apple’s new visionOS technology, the device features spatial video, audio and photos, an M2 chip, and a digital crown with the ability to let you toggle between augmented and virtual reality settings. In addition to using apps like FaceTime and Apple TV Plus, users entertain themselves with games, music, audiobooks, TV shows, roughly 150 3D movies and Apple’s new Immersive Video format with built-in 8K content.
The Vision Pro app store will have over 1 million apps available on launch day, and it’s likely that number will grow after the headset officially hits shelves.
Netflix didn’t immediately respond for a request for comment.
Among the AI features in Samsung’s new Galaxy S24 phones is a version of Google’s generative AI technology for editing photos. But when you use it, Samsung wants other folks to know.
Samsung’s software will add a quartet of little stars to the lower left corner of the photo when you use generative AI for actions like repositioning people in a shot, expanding a scene or deleting distractions in the background. In addition, Samsung will add invisible text called metadata into the photo file that declares the photo to have been modified by AI, said Hamid Sheikh, Samsung’s vice president of intelligent imaging.
“We understand that with new possibilities for technology, there can also be concerns,” Sheikh said during the Samsung Galaxy S24 launch event. “That’s why with every generated image, we will be adding a watermark to the image and the label in the metadata.”
The move is a notable response to worries AI could strip the truth out of our photos, undermining the trust we have in our visual communications. Watermarks and metadata can help provide some transparency in a world of deepfakes and disinformation.
It’s not yet clear how noticeable Samsung’s moves will be beyond its own phones and photo gallery software. “Since this is a relatively new development without a standardized format, it is currently incompatible on third party devices,” the company said in a statement Thursday. “We are always looking at opportunities for future compatibility.”
Samsung isn’t the only one working on AI transparency measures. Google uses metadata to label its AI-generated images. Adobe uses a more elaborate approach called content credentials that’s designed to detail who made AI-related changes and with what editing tools. It’s backed by camera makers including Sony and Nikon.
Samsung didn’t comment on why it used its own approach.
Modern AI on phones means powerful image editing that sidesteps the difficulties of painstaking photo manipulation in tools like Photoshop. Samsung demonstrated it by elevating a jumping basketball player toward the basketball hoop and expanding the scene for a better composition. Those are pretty dramatic changes to the original shot.
It’s possible that people could strip out Samsung’s metadata and watermarks, for example by expanding a frame with AI then cropping it back to get rid of a watermark. But defaults matter, especially for mainstream use, so it’s likely that the approach would indeed help alert people that generative AI was used to change a photo.
Even if deceptive people want to fool you with fake photos, metadata and watermarks also can play a role for others who want to provide some transparency.
When I recently called a Korean restaurant to make a reservation, I had no issue communicating with the person on the other end even though she wasn’t speaking English. That’s because I was trying out the Galaxy S24 Ultra, one of three new phones Samsung announced on Wednesday, which can translate phone calls in real-time.
Samsung, like the rest of the tech industry, is enthralled with artificial intelligence at the moment. The Galaxy S24 series is rife with features like the translation example mentioned above that leverage generative AI — AI that uses large language models to create content or provide conversational (but not always accurate) answers. It’s another sign that tech giants are increasingly using AI to distinguish their devices from the pack and get consumers excited about upgrading their mobile devices in what has been a struggling smartphone market.
Read more: Everything Samsung Announced at Its 2024 Unpacked Event
The Galaxy S24 Ultra goes on sale for $1,300 ( 1,249, AU$2,199) — $100 pricier than last year’s Galaxy S23 Ultra — on Jan. 31 alongside the cheaper Galaxy S24 Plus and Galaxy S24. All three are available for preorder now.
With the Galaxy S24 series, you’ll be able to have the Notes app format or summarize notes for you, circle any image to launch a Google search for that item and rewrite your text messages in a different tone before sending them. Samsung groups all these tools (among others) together under the blanket moniker known as Galaxy AI, and it’s available on the Galaxy S24, S4 Plus and S24 Ultra. These features will also come to the Galaxy S23 lineup through an update.
Some of those functions may sound familiar; they’re very similar to other generative AI-powered tools we’ve seen from companies like Google and Microsoft. In fact, Samsung is partnering with Google on the technology behind some of its new AI features, including the ones for rewriting texts, summarizing notes and moving individual objects in photos.
The Galaxy S24 Ultra also gets a sharper new telephoto camera and a titanium build. All three phones also have Qualcomm’s latest processor and brighter screens.
I briefly got to check out the Galaxy S24 series ahead of Samsung’s announcement, and here are my early impressions of the Ultra.
Galaxy AI on the Galaxy S24 Ultra
Galaxy AI is the biggest difference between the S24 series and its predecessors, although that won’t be the case for long considering these features are coming to the Galaxy S23 lineup. Some of Samsung’s Galaxy AI features include:
Chat Assist for changing the tone, translating or spell-checking your text message before sending it.
Live Translate for translating calls in 13 languages during a conversation.
Circle to Search, which lets you launch a Google search for any object in a photo just by circling it.
Note Assist for summarizing, translating and formatting files in Samsung’s Notes app and generating digital covers for notes.
Generative Edit, which like Google’s Magic Editor lets you manipulate and move objects in photos.
Transcript Assist in Samsung’s recording app for providing transcriptions and summarizing conversations.
I tried most of these features on the Galaxy S24 Ultra and they worked easily enough, although I’ve only tested them in Samsung’s controlled demo. Live Translate took a little getting used to, but I was impressed by how easy it was to carry on a conversation with a Korean language speaker once I got the hang of it.
After tapping the number I wanted to call in the S24 Ultra’s contact list, I chose the Live Translate option to start the translation. Samsung translated my words into Korean almost instantly after I finished speaking. Once the recipient on the other end had finished her response, Samsung repeated her speech in English. I could see this being helpful while traveling, although I could also imagine it causing some initial confusion for callers and recipients who are unfamiliar with the feature.
Read more: Best Samsung Phones of 2024
Circle to Search is another standout Galaxy AI tool that I can imagine being useful. It’s kind of like Google Lens, except you can search for objects in existing photos just by circling them rather than snapping a new photo. Just open the picture, hold the home button, and circle the object you’d like to search for. I circled waffles in a brunch photo in the S24 Ultra’s photo gallery, and Google pulled up recommendations for restaurants that serve waffles nearby.
I also snapped a picture of someone’s shoes in the demo area and circled them, and Google quickly summoned options to purchase those same shoes. This is a bit easier with the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s S Pen, but you can also use Circle to Search on the regular S24 and S24 Plus with your finger.
Samsung’s Notes app can organize text into bullet points and even offers different templates to choose from. Generative Edit, which is a lot like Google’s Magic Eraser, makes it possible to move, erase and manipulate individual objects in photos.
During a demo, a Samsung representative traced the area around a skateboarder performing a trick in a photo and moved the skater to make their jump look even higher. Samsung and Google are pitching features like these as being useful for creative purposes by giving anyone the ability to significantly alter photos straight from their phone with no photo editing knowledge. Still, it’s hard to ignore the potential for misuse, as my colleague Sareena Dayaram has previously pointed out.
One photography feature I’m excited about in particular is the ability to remove reflections in the edit suggestions section. As someone who photographs screens quite often, I can attest to how difficult it can be to avoid glare and reflections. I could also see this being useful for avid travelers who snap photos through car, bus or train windows on vacation.
Read more: From AI to Mixed Reality, CES 2024 Products Imagine A World Beyond Mobile Apps
Samsung is clearly focusing on productivity first and foremost with the Galaxy S24’s AI features, although many of these tools feel familiar rather than new. Galaxy AI has the potential to make accomplishing certain tasks on the S24 family feel more convenient, but it also doesn’t bring anything overwhelmingly new to the table. Maybe I’ll feel differently after I’ve spent more time with the Galaxy S24 Ultra.
Galaxy S24 Ultra specs and design
The biggest physical change on the Galaxy S24 Ultra compared to its predecessor is its 50-megapixel telephoto camera, which replaces one of the 10-megapixel zoom cameras on the Galaxy S23 Ultra. That means the S24 Ultra offers a 5x optical zoom compared to the S23 Ultra’s 10x optical zoom, a decision that Samsung made after it found that many users preferred zooming at 5x rather than 10x. This should hopefully enable crisper zoomed shots, but I’ll be able to tell for sure when I’ve had more time with the device.
Otherwise, the Galaxy S24 Ultra’s camera hardware is essentially the same as the Galaxy S23 Ultra’s, consisting of a 200-megapixel main camera, a 10-megapixel telephoto camera with a 3x optical zoom (in addition to the new 50-megapixel, 5x telephoto camera) and a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera.
The Galaxy S24 Ultra also has a titanium body, slightly slimmer bezels, and a lighter design, although the differences here seem very minimal. Samsung also says it’s boosted the screen brightness to 2,600 nits on all three models compared to 1,750 nits on the Galaxy S23 Ultra. Samsung’s screens were already plenty bright, especially when compared to Google’s Pixel phones, so I’m sure they’ll be even easier to see in sunlight. Still, they aren’t the brightest screen found on a phone in 2024. The OnePlus 12, which launches later this month in the US, will have a 4,500-nit display.
All three phones run on Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, which isn’t a surprise considering Samsung typically puts Qualcomm’s latest chip in its flagship US phones. Qualcomm announced the chip in October 2023 and flaunted its ability to run generative AI algorithms on the device. The S24 Ultra also has a larger vapor chamber compared to last year’s phone, which Samsung says should keep the device cool while playing demanding games.
Battery size, storage and memory and storage are essentially the same as those in the Galaxy S23 Ultra.
The Galaxy S24 family shows that Samsung, along with other tech giants, is learning about how generative AI can be useful on our phones following ChatGPT’s rapid rise. Galaxy AI seems like a promising start, although Samsung may have to do more to make its offerings stand out, especially as Apple is rumored to bring more generative AI-fueled features to the iPhone later this year. Readmore: How to pre-order the Galaxy S23 Ultra
Editors’ note: CNET is using an AI engine to help create some stories. For more, see this post.
Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra Now Has a Titanium Design
Titanium frame, 2,600-nit screen; 7 years of OS and security updates; 5G (mmWave); IP68 water resistance; wireless PowerShare to charge other devices; integrated S Pen; UWB for finding other devices; 45W wired charging (charger not included); Galaxy AI; Wi-Fi 7
2,600-nit screen; 7 years of OS and security updates; 5G (mmWave); IP68 water resistance; wireless PowerShare to charge other devices; 45W wired charging (charger not included); Galaxy AI; Wi-Fi 6E
2,600-nit screen; 7 years of OS and security updates; 5G (mmWave); IP68 water resistance; wireless PowerShare to charge other devices; 25W wired charging (charger not included); Galaxy AI; Wi-Fi 6E
5G (Sub6, mmWave); IP68 water resistance; wireless PowerShare to charge other devices; integrated S Pen; 100x Space Zoom; 10x optical zoom; UWB for finding other devices; 45W wired charging
We all have important data that we need to keep secure, organized and accessible, but it can be a major challenge to do so effectively. Cloud storage services are some of the best solutions you’ll find, but most charge a monthly subscription fee, which can add up over time. That’s why this Prism Drive deal at StackSocial is such a great bargain. Right now, you can get a massive 20TB of lifetime cloud storage for a single $90 payment. It’s a pretty incredible value, especially when considering that Prism Drive’s 10TB plan is typically $249 annually.
However, if 20TB is a little much for your needs, you can get 10TB for $80, 5TB for $59 or 2TB for $39. This deal expires Jan. 22, so be sure to get signed up soon if you don’t want to miss out on these savings.
Prism Drive lets you securely store your files and access them from practically anywhere using your computer, phone or tablet. You can upload just about any type of file, including MP4, JPEG and PPT, and you can preview files in the cloud without having to download them first. Note that there is a file size upload limit of 10GB.
The service uses zero-knowledge encryption to keep your data secure, and deleted files can be recovered for up to 30 days. There’s no limit on the number of devices you can use to access your storage drive, and you can create sharable links to safely share files with friends and family.
It’s a battle of two of the Africa Cup of Nations’ big guns on Thursday, as Egypt and Ghana go in search of their first wins at the tournament following below par-results in their opening Group B fixtures.
Egypt got off to a disappointing start after scraping a 2-2 draw against unfancied Mozambique on Sunday, while Ghana suffered a shock 2-1 defeat to Cape Verde in their opener.
This game had been billed as a face-off between two of African football’s most exciting attacking talents, in the form of Liverpool and Egypt legend Mohamed Salah and Ghana’s Mohammed Kudus. However, the West Ham star is a major doubt for the Black Stars for this match, due to a hamstring injury that kept him out of his side’s opening game.
Below, we’ll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the tournament live wherever you are in the world.
Egypt vs. Ghana: When and where?
Egypt take on Ghana in this AFCON 2023 Group B clash at the Stade Félix Houphouët Boigny on Thursday, Jan. 18. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. GMT local time and in the UK, making it a 3 p.m. ET, 9 a.m. PT start in the US and Canada, and a 7 a.m. AEDT kick-off on Friday, Jan. 19 in Australia.
How to watch the Africa Cup of Nations online from anywhere using a VPN
If you find yourself unable to view the tournament locally, you may need a different way to watch games — that’s where using a VPN can come in handy. A VPN is also the best way to stop your ISP from throttling your speeds on game day by encrypting your traffic, and it’s also a great idea if you’re traveling and find yourself connected to a Wi-Fi network, and you want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins.
With a VPN, you’re able to virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to get access to the game. So if your internet provider or mobile carrier has stuck you with an IP address that incorrectly shows your location in a blackout zone, a VPN can correct that problem by giving you an IP address in your correct, non-blackout area. Most VPNs, like our Editors’ Choice, ExpressVPN, make it really easy to do this.
Using a VPN to watch or stream sports is legal in any country where VPNs are legal, including the US, UK and Canada, as long as you have a legitimate subscription to the service you’re streaming. You should be sure your VPN is set up correctly to prevent leaks: Even where VPNs are legal, the streaming service may terminate the account of anyone it deems to be circumventing correctly applied blackout restrictions.
Looking for other options? Be sure to check out some of the other great VPN deals taking place right now.
Livestream Egypt vs. Ghana game in the US
Matches from this year’s tournament in the Ivory Coast will be shown exclusively live in the US via beIN Sports, which is available through most cable providers.
If you don’t have a cable or satellite TV subscription, you can watch AFCON fixtures with a live TV streaming service, with a number of major services offering beIN Sports.
All of the live TV streaming services above offer free trials, allow you to cancel anytime and require a solid internet connection. Looking for more information? Check out our live TV streaming services guide.
Livestream Egypt vs. Ghana in the UK
Rights to show this year’s tournament in the UK are split between pay TV network Sky Sports and free-to-air broadcaster the BBC.
Sky Sports will be showing all 52 games live, while the BBC will be showing 10 select matches, including both semifinals and the final.
This clash between Egypt and Ghana is exclusive to Sky Sports and will be shown on its Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event channels.
If you already have Sky Sports as part of your TV package, you can stream the game via its Sky Go app, but cord-cutters will want to get set up with a Now account and a Now Sports membership to stream the game.
Livestream Egypt vs. Ghana in Canada
If you want to stream games from the AFCON in Canada, you’ll need to subscribe to beIN Sports. The service has exclusive rights for this year’s tournament in the region and is available via most cable operators. If that’s not an option, the network also offers its very own standalone streaming service beIN Sports Connect.
Livestream Egypt vs. Ghana in Australia
Football fans Down Under can watch this year’s tournament on beIN Sports, which is showing every single AFCON game live in Australia.
Quick tips for streaming the Africa Cup of Nations using a VPN
With four variables at play — your ISP, browser, video streaming provider and VPN — your experience and success when streaming AFCON matches may vary.
If you don’t see your desired location as a default option for ExpressVPN, try using the “search for city or country” option.
If you’re having trouble getting the game after you’ve turned on your VPN and set it to the correct viewing area, there are two things you can try for a quick fix. First, log into your streaming service subscription account and make sure the address registered for the account is an address in the correct viewing area. If not, you may need to change the physical address on file with your account. Second, some smart TVs — like Roku — don’t have VPN apps you can install directly on the device itself. Instead, you’ll have to install the VPN on your router or the mobile hotspot you’re using (like your phone) so that any device on its Wi-Fi network now appears in the correct viewing location.
All of the VPN providers we recommend have helpful instructions on their main site for quickly installing the VPN on your router. In some cases with smart TV services, after you install a cable network’s sports app, you’ll be asked to verify a numeric code or click a link sent to your email address on file for your smart TV. This is where having a VPN on your router will also help, since both devices will appear to be in the correct location.
And remember, browsers can often give away a location despite using a VPN, so be sure you’re using a privacy-first browser to log into your services. We normally recommend Brave.
A few years ago, Bose released its Sport Open Earbuds, which were among the first ear-hook style true wireless buds to feature an open design with micro speakers that fired sound into your ears. Those buds were discontinued last year, but now Bose is back with a completely new set of open earbuds. They’re called the Kith for Bose Ultra Open Earbuds, and they’re set to be released on Jan. 22 for $300 in “extremely limited quantities” as part of a design collaboration with the fashion and lifestyle brand Kith.
According to Kith and Bose, this is Bose’s first lifestyle partnership and the first time a Bose product features a collaborative logo. What’s interesting about the buds is that they appear to have a clip-on design, or as Bose says, “The Ultra Open Earbuds have a light-as-air grip with a flexible joint for easy on and off, making for effortless all-day wear. They don’t block your ears but rather attach to the side, making them appear more like a fashion accessory than a traditional audio wearable.”
Read more: Best Wireless Open Earbuds of 2024
These are not noise-canceling earbuds, but they do feature Bose’s Immersive Audio for music spatialization, which is a feature found in its latest QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds and QuietComfort Ultra Headphones that were released late last year (those models have arguably have the best noise canceling on the market right now). Battery life for the Ultra Open Earbuds is rated at up to 7.5 hours and they have “advanced Bluetooth,” according to Bose.
Bose’s earlier Sport Open Earbuds sounded quite good for open earbuds, which typically face challenges with bass performance due to their open design. This model also features Bose’s OpenAudio technology, and I suspect their sound will be pretty impressive for this style of earbud (they better sound good for $300, right?). Hopefully, the Ultra Open Earbuds will be more comfortable than the Sport Open Earbuds, which just didn’t feature the same comfort level as most Bose earbuds and headphones.
The partnership with Kith marks a new product strategy for Bose as it possibly tries to become a bit hipper and appeal to a new audience. I could personally do without the Kith branding and would prefer some different color options (for now, they only come in a “sleek black matte hue”), but the Ultra Open Earbuds should eventually come out in a standard version that perhaps will cost a little less.
I’ll let you know how the Kith for Bose Ultra Open Earbuds sound and feel on my ears as soon as I get a review sample.
Tournament hosts Ivory Coast take on Group A rivals Nigeria on Thursday in one of AFCON 2023’s most eagerly anticipated pool stage matchups.
The Ivorians got their tournament off to a winning start on Sunday with a convincing 2-0 win over Guinea-Bissau in their opening fixture, thanks to goals from Seko Fofana and Jean-Philippe Krasso.
The Nigerians, meanwhile, kicked off their campaign with a disappointing draw against tournament outsiders Equatorial Guinea, with Super Eagles star Victor Osimhen’s first-half header canceling out Iván Salvador’s goal.
That unexpected result has placed increased pressure on Nigeria ahead of what already looked on paper to be their most challenging group stage fixture.
Below, we’ll outline the best live TV streaming services to use to watch the tournament live wherever you are in the world.
Ivory Coast vs. Nigeria: When and where?
Ivory Coast take on Nigeria in this AFCON 2023 Group A clash at the Olympic Stadium of Ebimpé on Thursday, Jan. 18. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. GMT local time and in the UK, making it a 12 p.m. ET, 9 a.m. PT start in the US and Canada, and a 4 a.m. AEDT kick-off on Friday, Jan. 19 in Australia.
How to watch the Africa Cup of Nations online from anywhere using a VPN
If you find yourself unable to view the tournament locally, you may need a different way to watch games — that’s where using a VPN can come in handy. A VPN is also the best way to stop your ISP from throttling your speeds on game day by encrypting your traffic, and it’s also a great idea if you’re traveling and find yourself connected to a Wi-Fi network, and you want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins.
With a VPN, you’re able to virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to get access to the game. So if your internet provider or mobile carrier has stuck you with an IP address that incorrectly shows your location in a blackout zone, a VPN can correct that problem by giving you an IP address in your correct, non-blackout area. Most VPNs, like our Editors’ Choice, ExpressVPN, make it really easy to do this.
Using a VPN to watch or stream sports is legal in any country where VPNs are legal, including the US, UK and Canada, as long as you have a legitimate subscription to the service you’re streaming. You should be sure your VPN is set up correctly to prevent leaks: Even where VPNs are legal, the streaming service may terminate the account of anyone it deems to be circumventing correctly applied blackout restrictions.
Looking for other options? Be sure to check out some of the other great VPN deals taking place right now.
Livestream Ivory Coast vs. Nigeria game in the US
Matches from this year’s tournament in Ivory Coast will be shown exclusively live in the US via beIN Sports, which is available through most cable providers.
If you don’t have a cable or satellite TV subscription, you can watch AFCON fixtures with a live TV streaming service, with a number of major services offering beIN Sports.
All of the live TV streaming services above offer free trials, allow you to cancel anytime and require a solid internet connection. Looking for more information? Check out our live TV streaming services guide.
Livestream Ivory Coast vs. Nigeria in the UK
Rights to show this year’s tournament in the UK are split between pay TV network Sky Sports and free-to-air broadcaster the BBC.
Sky Sports will be showing all 52 games live, while the BBC will show 10 select matches, including both semifinals and the final.
This clash between Ivory Coast and Nigeria is exclusive to Sky Sports and will be shown on its Sky Sports Football and Sky Sports Main Event channels.
If you already have Sky Sports as part of your TV package, you can stream the game via its Sky Go app, but cord-cutters will want to get set up with a Now account and a Now Sports membership to stream the game.
Livestream Ivory Coast vs. Nigeria in Canada
If you want to stream games from the AFCON in Canada, you’ll need to subscribe to beIN Sports. The service has exclusive rights for this year’s tournament in the region and is available via most cable operators. If that’s not an option, the network also offers its very own standalone streaming service beIN Sports Connect.
Livestream Ivory Coast vs. Nigeria in Australia
Football fans Down Under can watch this year’s tournament on beIN Sports, which is showing every single AFCON game live in Australia.
Quick tips for streaming the Africa Cup of Nations using a VPN
With four variables at play — your ISP, browser, video streaming provider and VPN — your experience and success when streaming AFCON matches may vary.
If you don’t see your desired location as a default option for ExpressVPN, try using the “search for city or country” option.
If you’re having trouble getting the game after you’ve turned on your VPN and set it to the correct viewing area, there are two things you can try for a quick fix. First, log into your streaming service subscription account and make sure the address registered for the account is an address in the correct viewing area. If not, you may need to change the physical address on file with your account. Second, some smart TVs — like Roku — don’t have VPN apps you can install directly on the device itself. Instead, you’ll have to install the VPN on your router or the mobile hotspot you’re using (like your phone) so that any device on its Wi-Fi network now appears in the correct viewing location.
All of the VPN providers we recommend have helpful instructions on their main site for quickly installing the VPN on your router. In some cases with smart TV services, after you install a cable network’s sports app, you’ll be asked to verify a numeric code or click a link sent to your email address on file for your smart TV. This is where having a VPN on your router will also help, since both devices will appear to be in the correct location.
And remember, browsers can often give away a location despite using a VPN, so be sure you’re using a privacy-first browser to log into your services. We normally recommend Brave.
Year after year, the Consumer Electronics Show brings with it all sorts of amazing demos and concepts that won’t be available to regular consumers for years (we’re all still waiting to make ColdSnap ice cream in minutes). But if you’re looking to snag some fabulous and futuristic products from CES 2024, don’t fret. We’ve gathered plenty of cool gadgets you can get right now.
All of the products below are available to preorder or purchase directly. From clicky iPhone keyboards to smart indoor meat smokers, here are the best products of CES 2024 available right now. While you’re here, check our our best of show picks for CES 2024 and take a look at the weirdest gadgets we found at the show.
For all of our CES 2024 coverage, from stained-glass window solar panels to 115-inch TV sets, be sure to hit up our full CES 2024 roundup.
